Garment-hanger



(N0 Model.)

; S. H. TOLMAN. GARMENT HANGER.

No. 576,829. Patented Feb; 9, 1897.

unk. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SCOTT H. T OLMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,829, dated February9, 1897. Application fil d June 17, 1896. Serial No. 595,859. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, 2125 nttty concern.-

Be it known that I, SCOTT H. TOLMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hangers, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, is a specification.

This invention has relation to hangers for supporting garments orarticles of wearingapparel.

The object of the invention is to provide a device to which thewaistband of a skirt may be attached, so that the skirt may hang instraight folds therefrom without wrinkling or becoming creased, and tolikewise receive and support a dress-waist or a jacket without crushingor in any wise wrinkling the trimming thereon or the sleeves and otherparts thereof. Owing to the fashions now in vogue, the garments forwomen are made with large and voluminous sleeves, and much diflicultyhas been experienced in preventing the latter from becoming crushed outof shape or badly creased when the garment is hung in a closet orwardrobe; and hence an other object of the invention is to provide ahanger for a dresswaist constructed in such way as to receive andsupport the shoulders of the same and likewise to extend up into thesleeves, so as to support them and hold the upper or puffed portionsthereof in an extended position.

To these ends, therefore, the invention consists of a hanger forarticles, of apparel possessing those parts and characteristics which Ishall proceed to describe with more or less particularity, and set forthin detail in the claims hereto appended.

On the drawing I have illustrated one form of hanger in which myinvention is embodied, it being understood that the said invention isnot limited to the exact hanger portrayed, since the latter may bevaried or changed in many and various ways without departing from thespirit and scope of the said invention.

In that particular form 'of invention shown on the drawing, which isconstructed of wire, I have shown two arms a at, extending in oppositedirections and having at their juncture an upwardly-extendingsuspension-hook b. Each arm a is in the form of a loop having betweenits ends two downwardly-extending hooks c c o c and at the end anupwardly and outwardly extending bend or support at,

or the hanger may be described as having two crossed bars or rods e (2,each formed at its ends with downwardly and outwardly extending hooks cc or c c, the adjacent hooks 0 c at the ends of the bars being connectedby 6:

upwardly and outwardly extending bends or supports 01 d.

The whole hangeris preferably constructed of one single length of wirehaving one end bent into the suspension-hook b and having the waistbandon opposite sides thereof, or

else the waistband itself maybe hung on the hooks. Then another skirtmay be suspended from the hooks c c, if desired. Sometimes when only oneskirt is to be suspended the waistband may be hung from the hooks c 0,

which are diagonally opposite to each otherin order to balance thehanger. The bars e 6 form springs for holding the hooks c c or c capart, and thereby stretching the waistband in order to cause thedress-skirts to hang 8 5 naturally without sagging and without allowingthem to be drawn out of shape by their weight. Then upon the hanger thewaist of the dress or a jacket may be supported. The

waist is placed upon it with the shoulders thereof resting upon the bars6 ,e, and the bends or supports d d extend into the sleeves, so as tohold the latter in their normal positions, so that they cannot collapseor wrinkle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I 5 have provided a hanger forgarments which is novel in shape and construction and most highlyefficient in supporting and suspending garments without wrinkling,creasing, or crushing the same.

The hanger may be suspended from a hook in the middle of a cupboard orwardrobe in such way that the garments shall not come in contact withthe walls or the door of the same.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and a wayotconstructing and using the same, without, however, having attempted toset forth all of the forms in which it may 1 ends with upwardly andoutwardly extending bends or supports.

2. A garment-hanger consisting of two oppositely-extending arms, and asuspensionhook extended up from their point of juncture, said arms beingextended downwardly and outwardly to form supports for the shoulders ofa garment and then bent back at an angle upon themselves to formoutwardly and upwardly extending loops to enter and expand the sleevesof the same.

A garment-hanger consisting of two 0ppositely-extendin g arms curveddownwardly and outwardly from their juncture to form supports for theshoulder of a garment and bent back upon themselves to form hooks for askirt, said arms having a portion extending from the aforesaid hooksupwardly to'form loops or supports for the sleeves as described, and asuspension-hook for suspending said arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 13th day of June, A. I).1896.

SCOTT II. TOLMAN.

Witnesses:

MARCUS B. llIAY,

iinonon XV. DAVTF.

